diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c
index 5265d966aa..075414ca41 100644
--- a/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ fake_demuxer_new (void)
   return GST_ELEMENT (g_object_new (FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE, NULL));
 }
 
-GstElement * create_and_monitor_element (const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name,
-    GstValidateRunner *runner)
+GstElement *
+create_and_monitor_element (const gchar * factoryname, const gchar * name,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner)
 {
   GstElement *element;
   GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
@@ -192,21 +193,23 @@ GstElement * create_and_monitor_element (const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *
   element = gst_element_factory_make (factoryname, name);
   if (runner) {
     monitor =
-        gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (element), runner, NULL);
-    gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+        gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (element), runner,
+        NULL);
     fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR (monitor));
   }
 
- return element;
+  return element;
 }
 
 void
-free_element_monitor (GstElement *element)
+free_element_monitor (GstElement * element)
 {
   GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
-  monitor = (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (element), "validate-monitor");
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (element),
+      "validate-monitor");
 
-  g_object_unref (G_OBJECT(monitor));
+  g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (monitor));
 }
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate fake_decoder_src_template =